The real wealth of nations : creating a caring economics / Riane Eisler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eisler, Riane Tennenhaus.

Series:

BK Currents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare economics.

Environmental economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Many people are fed up with cold-hearted economic rules and practices. This book offers a holistic model for economics that goes beyond the confines of conventional models. It invites us to leave behind our preconceived notions and to change our economic systems - and lives - in ways that meet human needs and aspirations.

Contents:

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: Reasons to Care; CHAPTER ONE: We Need a New Economics; CHAPTER TWO: Economics Through a Wider Lens; CHAPTER THREE: It Pays to Care—in Dollars and Cents; CHAPTER FOUR: The Economic Double Standard; CHAPTER FIVE: Connecting the Dots; CHAPTER SIX: The Economics of Domination; CHAPTER SEVEN: The Economics of Partnership; CHAPTER EIGHT: Technology, Work, and the Postindustrial Era; CHAPTER NINE: Who We Are and Where We Are; CHAPTER TEN: The Caring Revolution; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ABOUT THE CENTER FOR PARTNERSHIP STUDIES;

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-292) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612299971

9781282299979

1282299972

9781576755143

1576755142

OCLC:

191246103